97 Quotes by Ratan Tata

I'm the non-executive chairman of nine or so major companies, and on the nine companies, it's a little trying because you jump from one industry to another, as the case might be. But one had the reasonable knowledge of those nine activities, and it's been an exciting job.

Jardine is the largest dealer of Mercedes in the world. They also sell cars for two or three Japanese makers.

I would say that I'm blessed with a very, very good executive team that operates, reasonably autonomously, each of the companies.

There's a lot of interest in Nano outside India.

Since I got involved in Telco, we first developed the first modular truck, the 407, then the 709, and now the 2213. These trucks broke away from the old face of Telco trucks. I was also just as much involved with the Safari, but nobody talks about the Safari. My involvement has been there with all Telco's projects -somehow the car has got hyped up.

Indian car buyers have not really been exposed to customer care in a competitive environment.

I think there are many honest businessmen.

The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy.

If I were to look in the United States or in Europe, in some of the garages, you would have a Bentley or two Bentleys or a high-end Mercedes, and you may find a Smart also in that same garage because that person thinks it's a fun extra car to have. He may have four cars but also have a Smart because he thinks it is cute.